The report
Key Events:
- 4' Yellow card to Fowlan Town an unnamed player
- 7' Bexham Villa Javier Aguilar scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
- 9' Fowlan Town Keith Jones scores
- 18' Fowlan Town Miguel Lopez scores
- 19' Yellow card to Fowlan Town Ayman Gad
- 43' Yellow card to Fowlan Town Keith Jones
- 49' Fowlan Town Ayman Gad scores, assisted by Keith Jones
- 66' Fowlan Town Ayman Gad scores, assisted by Miguel Lopez
- 80' Fowlan Town Ayman Gad scores, assisted by Keith Jones
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Bexham Villa scored once from 1.47 xG, a modest under-return on the chances recorded. Fowlan Town converted five from 4.88 xG, an almost exact match between opportunity quality and the scoreboard. That figure is particularly striking alongside 17 shots on target from 23 attempts: the visitors were not merely building promising situations, but repeatedly making the goalkeeper deal with them. Bexham Villa managed five shots on target from seven, so the hosts did find ways to threaten, and their early goal showed the danger of giving them room. But the match tilted decisively after the equaliser. Fowlan Town had the volume and the finishing to turn its attacking pressure into a clear margin, while the shared 50% possession did little to suggest how uneven the business at either end had become.
- Bexham Villa: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
- Ayman Gad (8.1) - Scored three times, including the goals that extended Fowlan Town’s lead after the interval, and was booked.
- Keith Jones (7.5) - Scored the equaliser and supplied two assists, contributing directly to three goals.
- Miguel Lopez (7.3) - Scored once and assisted one of Gad’s goals, making his contribution count at both stages of the attack.
For Bexham Villa, the opening goal offered a brief prospect of a different afternoon, but Fowlan Town answered quickly and then kept finding the goal. Gad’s three finishes were the headline, with Jones’ scoring and two assists and Lopez’s goal and assist giving the visitors a broad supply of attacking contributions. The three away bookings were a visible footnote to a match in which Fowlan Town committed more fouls, but neither that nor the even possession changed the central fact: the visitors created far more shots and made those chances count. Bexham Villa had five attempts on target and one goal; Fowlan Town had 17 on target and five. At 5-1, the scoreline was not an exaggerated version of a close contest. It was the fairly direct outcome of one side repeatedly arriving in dangerous areas and the other having little answer once the early lead was gone.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Ayman Gad
Scored three times, including the goals that extended Fowlan Town’s lead after the interval, and was booked.
Keith Jones
Scored the equaliser and supplied two assists, contributing directly to three goals.
Miguel Lopez
Scored once and assisted one of Gad’s goals, making his contribution count at both stages of the attack.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Javier Aguilar for Bexham Villa. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

